![Kent State University President Todd Diacon speaks to the audience during the groundbreaking ceremony.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/DSC_0124-900x600.jpg)
Gateway Master Plan starts; Terrace Drive closed for year
September 1, 2022
![A rendering of Crawford Hall, what will be the new building for the Ambassador Crawford College of Business and Entrepreneurship, formerly known as the College of Business Administration. The Kent State Board of Trustees voted to approve the renaming of the college and construction of the new building at its meeting on Friday, Oct. 22, 2021.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/41d896e934275bc7ff542f4375934042-900x505.jpg)
Crawford Hall construction to begin, foster ‘first class’ learning
Ty Kohler, Campus Editor
• September 1, 2022
![A police officer conducts an investigation after a shooting at a Melody Hookah Lounge on Main Street in Blacksburg, Va. Saturday, Feb. 5 2022. Authorities in Virginia are investigating a shooting that occurred just before midnight Friday in downtown Blacksburg. Blacksburg Police responded to reports of shots fired at Melody Hookah Lounge on Main Street, according to a police statement. (Matt Gentry/The Roanoke Times via AP)](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/bff86b3c4930c8dccbf753bef7c73d3f-900x588.jpg)
1 killed, 4 others injured in shooting at a hookah lounge near Virginia Tech’s main campus, police say
Jason Hanna and Melissa Alonso CNN
• February 5, 2022
![DaBaby while performing at Kent State in 2019.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/4e19ad6adb4a6d292432953106b675b9-900x602.png)
What students are looking forward to “post-COVID-19”
Ashley Blood Reporter
• March 30, 2021
Wastewater research conducted to find possible COVID-19 spikes in dorms
Bella Hagey
Reporter
• January 25, 2021
![A Kent State student walks along Kent State's front campus on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2019.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/8bbb49b1c5dba1b18790ef826ae91884-2-900x321.jpg)
Ridiculously cold weather closes campus Wednesday
Valerie Royzman
• January 29, 2019
![Students working on their projects at the NYC studio.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/4f3468ee5ad2f9e3a2006428348af8b9.jpg)
New York City studio to expand campus
Abigail Miller
• April 13, 2018
![Members of Kent State’s Army ROTC and Air Force ROTC programs perform a flag-raising ceremony on the Student Green at Risman Plaza during Kent State’s observance of Veterans Day Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017.](https://kentwired.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/f40602701f508d5902e6b708b8de3b15-1-900x683.jpg)
Kent State earns Military Friendly School honor for ninth straight year
Alex Kamczyc
• November 30, 2017
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